Jerry Lard, who was a passenger in the
back seat of the stopped car, was convicted last month of capital
murder for killing Schmidt. He has been sentenced to death.

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Routine check: Officer Jonathan Schmidt can be seen questioning a suspect during a simple insurance check in April last year

Attention to detail: Schmidt continues his stop-and-search duty. The officer's killer, Jerry Lard, sits in the back seat of the vehicle in the background

Trumann Police Chief Chad Henson said
he wanted his officers to learn from the incident and he planned to
increase training for night traffic stops.

Chief Henson said: "[Schmidt] will be
our greatest teacher and our trainer. He's pushing us forward, so with
that we'll be better for it.'

The video shows Schmidt carrying out a routine check on a vehicle he suspected was uninsured.

After handcuffing and questioning the
driver for an unrelated warrant, Schmidt asks Lard for his name and date
of birth. A little over a minute later, as Schmidt opens the back
passenger door, a hand can be seen reaching out and firing at the
officer's face.

Muzzle flash: Sparks from Lard's handgun can be seen in this shot as he springs from the car and opens fire on the officers. Schmidt was hit in the chin, neck and wrist

Taunting his victims: After the initial shooting, Lard can be seen strutting around the crime scene, yelling 'What you got, b****' to the stricken officer

Death sentence: The terrifying expression on Lard's face as he confronts the wounded Schmidt was caught on police dash-cam

Lard runs from the car and continues firing at Schmidt and officer Corey Overstreet, who was also at the scene.

The video also shows Schmidt helping Overstreet to his feet as Lard fires at the two of them.

As Lard fires at the officers, he can be heard yelling: 'What you got, b****?'

Later, Overstreet can be heard talking
to Schmidt as they wait for ambulances to arrive. 'We've got help
coming, buddy,' Overstreet can be heard saying.

Lard was also wounded in the shootout and was arrested at the scene.

A medical examiner told jurors Schmidt
was shot four times - in the chin, neck, right wrist and chest, though a
protective vest blocked the chest shot.

Prosecutor Scott Ellington praised Schmidt as a hero and said he was grateful to the jury for convicting Lard.

Donald Schmidt, Jonathan's father,
told reporters that he hoped officers learned from the shooting, but he
didn't want to have to watch the video again because he was constantly
reminded of the shooting even without the images.

He said: 'If you would like to lie
down every night when you go to bed and see someone murdering your son,
and then wake up every morning and see someone murdering your son, you
can imagine what our life is like.'

Sentence: Jerry Lard, left, will receive the death penalty for the killing of police officer Jonathan Schmidt, right

In court: Lard, centre, attending a hearing in Jonesboro, Arkansas in April this year